The Minnesota Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Division is continuing to update the Mental Health Targeted Case Management (MH TCM) Rule 79 training. In addition to the current offerings, the Behavioral Health Division is adding the winter 2022 training series.

Through this training series, case managers will demonstrate an increased knowledge and skill set in providing adult and children’s case management services. This training is designed to enhance the case manager’s ability to integrate equity and person-centered practices into their everyday work with the people they serve.

The Adult Mental Health and Children’s Mental Health Targeted Case Management Rule 79 curriculum includes:

Consistent with Minnesota’s mission to become an anti-racist state, the Mental Health Targeted Case Management curriculum contains content that promotes equity and diversity.

Target audience: This training series is for adult and children’s mental health targeted case managers who have not had 2,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services to adults with mental illness or children with a severe emotional disturbance. These individuals must have 40 hours of commissioner-approved Adult Mental Health or Children’s Mental Health Targeted Case Management Rule 79 training.

Legal reference: The Adult Mental Health Act, Minn. Stat. 245.462, subd. 4(e)(2), and the Children’s Mental Health Act, Minn. Stat., 245.4871, subd. 4(f), require adult and children’s mental health targeted case managers who have not had 2,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services to adults with mental illness or children with a severe emotional disturbance to have 40 hours of commissioner approved Adult Mental Health or Children’s Mental Health Targeted Case Management Rule 79 training.

This curriculum has been approved by the commissioner and meets the legal content requirement. 

Training content:

• Rule 79 Case Management

            BH121:  Characteristics and Needs with an Equity Lens 

            Instructor: Jessica Kisling

            Jan. 14, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Rule 79 Case Management

            BH122:  Case Management skills

            Instructor: Matt Johnson

            Jan. 19, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This training series includes two four-hour classes. The trainers and learners will meet in a virtual format to experience an interactive class. Students are encouraged to take both classes upon availability. Individual classes may be taken in different training series. The classroom capacity for each session is 75.  

Registering in TrainLink

Important: Registration will open on Jan. 4, 2022.

When enrolling, attendees are asked to ensure their TrainLink profile is current. Attendees are also asked to sign in to the class with the same name used in TrainLink in order to ensure their attendance is accurately recorded.

The registration deadline is midnight on the night before the training.

Please go to the Adult and Children’s Mental Health Learning Center, select “Class Schedules/Registration,” and select “All Behavioral Health Rule 79 Case Management Webinars,” BH121 and BH 122.

Use the following instructions for how to enroll in training. If you do not have a UNIQUE KEY, you will be required to obtain one.

DHS will provide students with a certificate of completion after attending each four-hour training. Certificates are sent out to the email in your unique key profile. 

For more information about this Behavioral Health e-Memo, please contact Diane.marshall@state.mn.us. 

If you are experiencing difficulties with registration or unable to register, please contact dhs.mentalhealth@state.mn.us.